Re: Elk and moose

From: Ian <ilikemonkeys.geo_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:37:57 -0000

• In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, Trotsky wrote:
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  > I provided an image in the post that Yahoo ate, but the answer is
  > Cervus canadiensis, the animal known in British English as the Wapiti.
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I'm somewhat curious as to where Wikipedia got the idea that there is any such species as Cervus canadensis, honestly. All my taxonomy sources classify American Elk as Cervus elaphus with canadensis as a subspecies to distinguish it from the Red Deer of Europe.